diff --git a/xl-v1-healing.go b/xl-v1-healing.go
index 332d45db2..a5d413859 100644
--- a/xl-v1-healing.go
+++ b/xl-v1-healing.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -78,38 +77,6 @@ func listObjectModtimes(partsMetadata []xlMetaV1, errs []error) (modTimes []time
 	return modTimes
 }
 
-// Reads all `xl.json` metadata as a xlMetaV1 slice.
-// Returns error slice indicating the failed metadata reads.
-func readAllXLMetadata(disks []StorageAPI, bucket, object string) ([]xlMetaV1, []error) {
-	errs := make([]error, len(disks))
-	metadataArray := make([]xlMetaV1, len(disks))
-	var wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}
-	// Read `xl.json` parallelly across disks.
-	for index, disk := range disks {
-		if disk == nil {
-			errs[index] = errDiskNotFound
-			continue
-		}
-		wg.Add(1)
-		// Read `xl.json` in routine.
-		go func(index int, disk StorageAPI) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			var err error
-			metadataArray[index], err = readXLMeta(disk, bucket, object)
-			if err != nil {
-				errs[index] = err
-				return
-			}
-		}(index, disk)
-	}
-
-	// Wait for all the routines to finish.
-	wg.Wait()
-
-	// Return all the metadata.
-	return metadataArray, errs
-}
-
 func (xl xlObjects) shouldHeal(onlineDisks []StorageAPI) (heal bool) {
 	onlineDiskCount := diskCount(onlineDisks)
 	// If online disks count is lesser than configured disks, most
diff --git a/xl-v1-utils.go b/xl-v1-utils.go
index a8e4f3f20..07b499f64 100644
--- a/xl-v1-utils.go
+++ b/xl-v1-utils.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"hash/crc32"
 	"path"
+	"sync"
 )
 
 // Returns number of errors that occurred the most (incl. nil) and the
@@ -112,6 +113,38 @@ func readXLMeta(disk StorageAPI, bucket string, object string) (xlMeta xlMetaV1,
 	return xlMeta, nil
 }
 
+// Reads all `xl.json` metadata as a xlMetaV1 slice.
+// Returns error slice indicating the failed metadata reads.
+func readAllXLMetadata(disks []StorageAPI, bucket, object string) ([]xlMetaV1, []error) {
+	errs := make([]error, len(disks))
+	metadataArray := make([]xlMetaV1, len(disks))
+	var wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	// Read `xl.json` parallelly across disks.
+	for index, disk := range disks {
+		if disk == nil {
+			errs[index] = errDiskNotFound
+			continue
+		}
+		wg.Add(1)
+		// Read `xl.json` in routine.
+		go func(index int, disk StorageAPI) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			var err error
+			metadataArray[index], err = readXLMeta(disk, bucket, object)
+			if err != nil {
+				errs[index] = err
+				return
+			}
+		}(index, disk)
+	}
+
+	// Wait for all the routines to finish.
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	// Return all the metadata.
+	return metadataArray, errs
+}
+
 // Return ordered partsMetadata depeinding on distribution.
 func getOrderedPartsMetadata(distribution []int, partsMetadata []xlMetaV1) (orderedPartsMetadata []xlMetaV1) {
 	orderedPartsMetadata = make([]xlMetaV1, len(partsMetadata))